Clothes-pin.



C. S. McCLURE.

CLOTHES PIN.

APPLICATION man OCT. 10. 1913.

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CAREY S. MCCLURE, 0F CODY, WYOMING. I

CLOTHES-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1916.

Application filed October 10, 1913. Serial No. 794,472.

To all whom it 7n ag concern Be it known that I, CAREY S. MGCLURE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Cody, in the county of Park,'State of \Vyoming, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inClothes-Pins; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. v

This invention relates to metal clothes pins of the'pinch loop type andhas for an object to provide a clothes pin that willefl'ectively holdgarments of various thicknesses.

. A further object of the invention is ,to provide a clothes pin thatwill be formed of a single length of wire, pinch loop, and then wrappedabout the clothes line, the twist in the ends positively holding thewide end of the pinch loop against accidental spreading apart andreleasing the garment when the latter flaps in the breeze. Anotherobject is to provide a clothes pin of such construction that thin orthick clothes can be held therein and at the same time readily permit ofthe pin being moved along the line as desired.

With the above objects in view the invention consists of certain noveldetails of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed, it being understood that variousmodifications maybe made in the minor details of construction within the scope of theappended claim.

in the accompanying drawing illustrating this invention :Figure 1 is afront elevation of my improved clothes pin showing the same holding athin garment and also showing in dotted lines the same holding a thickgarment. Fig.2 is avertical section on the line 22 Fig. 1. y

Referring now to the drawing in which like characters of referencedesignate similar parts, the clothes pin is shown to be formed from asingle length of wire bent upon itself centrally to produce a pinch loop10, the terminals thence being bowed outbent to form a with the endstwisted together wardly in opposite directions as shown at 11 to providea substantlally circular ring tl1l'Ollgl1.\\"ll1Cl1 the corner of thegarment may be originally passed before being slid down into the pinchloop, .the terminals thence being twisted together as shown at 12 to.produce a tie for positively holding the ring against spreading at thetop, the terminals thence being spread apart laterally and terminallywrapped in opposite directions as shown at 13 upon the clothes line 14.i

The pinch loop will positively hold a thin garment, and will also hold athick garment,

the sides of the loop spreading apart slightly to accommodate the thickgarment as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, while in either case thetwisted portion 12 holds the sides of the pinch loop from spreadingapart and releasing the garment when the latter is flapping in the wind.WVhen ordinary wire clothes pins which do not have the legs positivelysecured together are used, flapping of the garment tends to twist theclothes pin with a resultant spreading of the clothes pin legs wherebythe clothes drop out of the pin on to the ground. This annoying featureis positively obviated when clothes pins constructed as above describedare used.

By reason of the fact that the ends of the wire of the loop are twisted,the tcrrzinals are wound about the clothes line'efi'er.';ivelypreventing any movement of the device above the twisted portionl Withthis twisted portion not present the loop would spread open when a verythick garment was piece of wire 'bent intermediate its ends to form anapproximately V-shaped loop, the

- portions of the wire above the loop being bowed outwardly toconstitute an approxiaround a clothes line for sliding movement matelyring-like member above the lo0p,'the upon the same. 10 end sections ofthe outwardly bowed por- In testimony whereof, I afiix my signationsbeing twisted together to close the ture, in the presence of twoWitnesses.

.5 ring, said end sections being extended lat- CAREY S. MCCLURE.

erally and in longitudinal alinement and Witnesses: coiled to constitutetWo oppositely extend- RUSSELL LEE DONLEY.

ing tubular coils adapted to loosely engage JOHN UDELL.

